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Bolivia will start on Tuesday a new stage in the democratic construction of the Plurinational State, when the 56 judges elected in historic elections swear in during a ceremony in the city of Sucre. Bolivia became in 2011 the first nation in the world to choose their judges by popular vote, after the original Judicial Body elections held last October »

Santiago de Chile, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina)President Sebastián Piñera confirmed today the postponement of the state visit by Argentina´s President Cristina Fernández, who will undergo surgery on January 4th to treat a moderate papillary cancer in the thyroid gland.»

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the adoption of the Durban Platform by the Convention on Climate Change, and called for its rapid implementation. The agreements reached in the South African city define how the international community will face climate change in coming years, said the Secretary General, who highlighted the decision to bring forward a protocol or a legal »

Cristina Fernandez took the oath of office before the Argentinean Legislative Assembly in Buenos Aires this morning, beginning her second presidential term.  The 58-year-old Argentinean president will serve another four year term at the height of her popularity, having won recent elections by an overwhelming majority of the votes.»

Eight people have died and more than 4000 families have been affected by heavy rainfall in Venezuela this past week, as areas near Caracas and five states of  the South American nation are the most affected. Heavy rains over the past several days have caused landslides in many areas of Venezuela.»

  The 17th UN Climate Change Conference began its last day of sessions on Friday, with progresses in some issues, but differences to define a legal regime for new mitigation goals to the highest historic pollutants of the planet. The forum’s main source are the meetings of the Ad Hoc Working Groups of the Kyoto Protocol and the Coop. Committee »

by Prensa Latina Debates at the 17th UN Conference on Climate Change on Tuesday entered the second day, with the challEnge of overcoming the traditional slow pace of those negotiations and producing convincing agreements.»

by Prensa Latina Despite the foreign harassment and pressures the once considered Arab brothers have joined, Syria will continue carrying out its reform program, authorities confirmed on Tuesday.»